B C Killough
Kim, Lahey & Killough Business, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark Law
B C Killough: Registered patent attorney. Litigator. Business counselor. Mediator. Teacher.
With more than 30 years of experience, Killough has participated in prosecuting more than 100 foreign patent applications and has obtained more than 300 United States patents for clients. In addition, he has filed more than 1,000 trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. As a senior fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, Killough is an experienced litigator.
Killough is certified as a mediator by South Carolina Supreme Court Arbitrator and Mediator Certification Board and prefers to mediate intellectual property disputes and commercial disputes.
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- General Civil
- FaceTime
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- Credit Cards Accepted
- South Carolina
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- 4th Circuit
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- Federal Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- English
- Registered Patent, Business Attorney and Certified Mediator
- Kim, Lahey & Killough
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- Registered Patent Attorney, Business Attorney
- Hellman & Yates
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- Member
- Riley Pope & Laney, LLC
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- Member
- Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms LLC
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- University of South Carolina School of Law
- J.D. (1979) | Law
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- University of South Carolina - Columbia
- MBA (1979) | Business Administration
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- University System of Georgia - Georgia Institute of Technology
- B.S. (1974) | Industrial Engineering
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- Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year - Charleston, SC
- Best Lawyers of America
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Numerous committees
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- Carolinas Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Former member of Board of Managers
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- Charleston County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- South Carolina Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee
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- South Carolina Public Service Commission Advisory Committee
- Member
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- Litigation Counsel of America
- Senior Fellow
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- South Carolina State Bar
- Member
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- Federal Circuit Case Digest
- Monthly contributor
- South Carolina Bar Association 2021 convention – panel: International Intellectual Property matters, South Carolina Bar annual convention
- South Carolina Bar
- South Carolina Bar Association 2021 convention – panel: International Intellectual Property matters
- Charleston County Bar Association Lunch and Learn CLE – presenter: An Intellectual Property Primer for General Practitioners, CLE, Virtual webinar
- Charleston County Bar Association
- Charleston County Bar Association Lunch and Learn CLE – Presenter: An Intellectual Property Primer for General Practitioners
- Certified Mediator
- South Carolina Supreme Court Arbitrator and Mediator Certification Board
